Coleman developed the Stalking Behavior Checklist to evaluate a stalker based on the behavior reported by the person being stalked. This can determine the type of behavior and the frequency of occurrence. The author is from the University of Memphis.
Items:
(1) broke into your home
(2) violated a restraining order
(3) attempted to break into your car
(4) made threats to cause you harm
(5) broke into your car
(6) attempted to hurt you
(7) physically harmed you
(8) attempted to break into your home
(9) physically harmed himself/herself
(10) stole or read your mail
(11) damaged property of new partner
(12) made threats to cause self harm
(13) calls at home
(14) came to home
(15) followed you
(16) makes hang-up calls
(17) sent gifts
(18) calls at work
(19) watched you
(20) came to work or school
(21) left messages on answering machine
(22) sent photos
(23) made threats to new partner
(24) sent letters
(25) harmed new partner
where:
• I am not sure why item 25 (harmed new partner) is included in the harassing behavior subscale rather than the violent behavior subscale.
The responses are recorded on a 6-point Likert scale. The anchoring responses (never, daily) were stated in the paper, and I supplied the intervening terms.
|
Response
|
Points
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never
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0
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rarely
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1
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less than once a month
|
2
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monthly
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3
|
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weekly
|
4
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once a day or more (daily)
|
5
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violent behavior subscale =
= SUM(points for items 1 to 12)
harassing behavior subscale =
= SUM(points for items 13 to 25)
Interpretation:
• minimum score for subscale: 0
• maximum score for violent behavior subscale: 60
• maximum score for harassing behavior subscale: 65
• The higher the scores, the more serious the behavior.
